Friday, February 7, 2014

February Menu & Accidental Once-a-Month Shopping

Due to the January Pantry Challenge, our stock of lots and lots of things was depleted. So on February 1st we picked up our produce co-op offerings and I made a huge grocery list for 3 stores and ended up spending 4 hours shopping and the bulk of our grocery budget for the month. The good news is that I think I've got a plan for all this food and purchased more than enough convenience things to hopefully keep me sane. I admit I am compromising on health in favor of more time. I'll still need to buy milk, butter, eggs and a bit of produce throughout the month, but for everything else we are set.

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I try to go to Sam's once every 4-6 weeks and then just to the local grocery store every weekend for milk and produce and anything great on sale. It is working well for us. The best thing I've ever done to help our grocery shopping is try not to run out of things as that is when I stress and it takes waaaaaay more time to plan/prepare. I love the Sam's click & pull option where I can order most things on line and they will have it ready to pick up so I can just run in and get a few extra things and pick up my order. It is a 45 minute drive each way for us so I don't want to be going very often!